Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

21 reviews

hedsek's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The pacing is a bit odd, but I really enjoyed it! For most of the book it's a lot of boredom and inaction and at the end stuff gets more fast-paced (which could have been a bit longer maybe but still really cool). Interesting read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

karenschlesser's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Infidelity, Self harm, and Blood

Minor: Child death

circadroid's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Animal death and Sexual assault

danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book was short and sweet. A misanthropic ‘Buffy’ and ‘what I eat in a day’ video obsessed vampire artist grapples with art and connection in present day London. If you’re a fan of Otessa Moshfegh and Ocean Vuong… imagine a vampire novel written by the two of them.

At the end of the day, this book was about breaking generational trauma, and female desire and its challenge to the gender hierarchy. And I don’t exclusively mean sexual desire, I mean ambition as well.

The prose was absolutely beautiful. The characters were rich and fascinating. Sometimes I felt the grand themes got away from the book a little. But overall, I really really enjoyed this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

littki's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Dementia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

laelolou's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Infidelity

wishbea's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

ninajean's review against another edition

3.75

This book is largely no plot-just vibes, but I still found it so interesting. There were a few parts that were a bit slow paced, yet I still enjoyed it. Lydia is struggling to resist the temptation of her vampire identity while struggling with her self-identity as an artist in her 20’s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Minor: Infidelity and Vomit

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

charmgirl3's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you liked Ladybird, you’ll like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

The trigger warnings listed are generalizations— in which the themes are very loose in their depictions and most are not graphic (aside from the death ones). I listed them just to be safe, because although I wasn’t triggered, I can see how others might be.